Howdy Folks! Well, it seems that those rumors of my death that pop up from time to time came very close to being true this time. I just spent 7 weeks in the hospital - 5 of them in the ICU in a coma. Seems that a staph infection got hold of me and ran rampant through all my organs. The doctor told Mee Maw that I had a 6% chance of surviving - but I made it anyway. I'm home now and have several weeks or months of recuperating to go. My vision has gone blurry but it's expected to return to normal in time. Anyway, I just wanted to let folks know why I haven't been responding to any mail lately. I'll catch up when I can and get the new folks added to Tater & Odie's Web Ring as soon as possible. Many much loves to all good ferts and fert folks. And yes, I do believe in miracles. Joy to the World! Paw Paw [Posted in FML issue 2587]